About Us

FAST Meeting People

David Pointon; Managing Director - Senior Facilitator

David is a specialist in facilitating organisational change, and the Managing Director of FAST Meetings Co., an Australian based organisation dedicated to improving the productivity of meetings, worldwide.

David has spent the last 12 years helping some of Australia’s best known organizations implement successful strategy and culture change. He is personally responsible for over 40 major projects with clients such as Vodafone, Westpac, Monash University & Ernst & Young.

David is passionate about people getting more value from the time spent in meetings, as the cost of face to face meetings grows and the speed of change increases. His facilitation style is consistently rated as highly engaging, participant centred and outcome focussed.

He draws on a diverse career background prior to starting FAST Meeting Co, including his continued leadership of DaPo Pty Ltd, successful establishment of hospitality businesses in the French Alps and Cornwall England, starting out as an Outdoor Education and PE teacher, and having been an AFS exchange student to the US.

David lives in Sydney with his wife and 2 children, and loves skiing, golf, cooking, amateur theatre and being a Dad.

Peter Hartman; GM - Southern Region - Senior Facilitator

Peter has facilitated organisational change and learning programs for 10 years in some of Australia's best known corporations, including ARTC, Energy Australia, Queensland Rail &Telstra.

Peter has developed tremendous insight into the process of learning and skills transfer, and is a highly energetic and motivating facilitator who is consistently rated 'excellent' by client groups.

Peter is instrumental in the development of FAST Meeting Co. methods into repeatable and usable tools and processes for use by clients and other consultants.

He has also pioneered FAST' range of Peak Performance tools and is consistently lauded as a highly effective coach and facilitator in the area of maximising personal performance.

Peter's background shows an impressive climb from humble beginnings on the shop floor, through union representation and middle management, to his work now as a coach to senior executives.

Peter resides in Adelaide with his wife.

Richard Thompson - Business Facilitator

Richard brings a psychologically-grounded perspective to meeting design and facilitation.  He has two years of experience consulting and training in communication, marketing, education, IT systems and academic research.  This experience is backed by exceptional academic and professional qualifications and training in communications and coaching.

Richard nurtures a deep commitment to understanding and enhancing human communication and performance by helping organizations to build exceptional cultures, increasing the engagement and productivity of meetings.

Richard draws on a range of studied perspectives to construct and implement effective meetings and runway-level strategy implementation in organizations, effecting continuous improvement and long-lasting change.

Richard lives in Sydney with his partner. In his spare time, Richard enjoys writing and speaking, and researching and educating about ecological issues.  He runs, cycles, swims and practises yoga.

Deb Dalziel - Senior Facilitator

Deb is a passionate and energetic Senior Facilitator with a reputation for engaging and motivating participants to embrace new concepts and strive for personal and organisational excellence. A specialist in leadership and team development, Deb has designed a range of programs over the past 10 years with clients across the corporate, government and education sectors.

Deb is also a sought after Mentor who currently uses her skills to assist the Not for Profit organisation Whitelion, who seek to reconnect disadvanted youth to the community so they are living positive and meaningful lives.

She has a Bachelor of Education (Uni of Melb.), Cert IV in Workplace Training & Assessment, and is an Accredited Administrator of Team Management Systems. She has held key learning and development roles with Computershare, KPMG and Australia Post.

Deb lives in Melbourne and enjoys, yoga, cycling, swimming and challenging her left and right coordination with the latest fitness craze boxing.

Greg Jenkins; Change agent and Facilitator

Greg is a specialist in organisational change and innovation and runs Greg Jenkins and Associates.

Greg has strengths in R & D and development of tools to maximise engagement, participation and learning. He has also been developing capabilities in establishing and supporting Communities of Practice.

He has been instrumental in the development of the FAST Meeting tool suite and applies these in his public Change Agent programs, as well as in his work with clients such as GTA, Vodafone, Malleson & AMP.

More recently, Greg has established Tincan Learning, an independent network of change agents designed to offer wide ranging service solutions from specialist consultants and facilitators.

Prior to his consulting career, Greg held positions in Executive Management and sales of IT firms.

Greg is based in Sydney with his wife and 4 grown children.